Sinn Féin is calling on the Housing Minister to "take action" following the delay in the delivery of social housing in Clondalkin.

TD for Dublin Mid-West Eoin Ó Broin made the call after it was revealed that seven months after councillors passed planning permission for a rapid build social housing development in St Cuthberts Park the tender documents haven't even been published yet.

The earliest date contractors will be on site is a full year after planning permission was granted.

Deputy Ó Broin said: "In February, Councillors passed planning permission for 61 rapid build family homes in St Cuthberts Park, Clondalkin. The development was modified following extensive consultation by Sinn Féin with the local community.

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"Yet seven months on and the Council has not yet published the tender documents. This means that no contract has yet to be awarded, no start date has been agreed for construction and crucially no date for tenanting has been agreed.

"In a reply from the Council's Housing Department I have been informed that they hope the agreed contractor will be on site during the first three months of 2018. This means that a full year will have passed from the point where planning permission was granted to when construction starts.This is totally unacceptable.

"It is not clear whether this unacceptable delay is the fault of the South Dublin County Council or the Department of Housing. What is clear, however, is that homeless families,  families at risk of homeless and those languishing on the housing list are loosing out because of unnecessary delays and bureaucratic red tape."

(CD/LM)